Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

J. R. LATHAM. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.13, 1902.

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Patented May 12, 1903.

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i ATENT JAMES R. LATHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT MILBANK, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 727,643, dated May 12, 1903.

' Application filed September 13, 1902- Serial No.,123,222. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JAMES R. LATHAM, a citizen of the United States,.and a resident of the borough of Manhattamin 'the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically locking the valve thereof closed whenever the bottle is in a position to receive liquid therein.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which will be very simple in construction and which will at the same time lock the valve closed when the bottle is in a vertical position to prevent the opening of the valve by a quick vertical movement of the bottle.

A practical embodiment of myin vention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical central section-through the neck of a bottle, showing the positionof the parts when the bottle is in a verticalposition. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing modified means for supporting the device within the bottle. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the parts in the position which they assume when the bottle is in a horizontal p0'- sition, and Fig. 4 isa view showing the-position which the parts assume when the bottle is in an inverted position.

The body of the bottle is denoted by 1, and

its neck comprises a reduced portion 2, adjacent to the body, a reduced mouth portion 3, and an enlarged intermediate portion 4. A guard 5 is provided at the junction of the mouth portion 3 and enlarged portion 4. for preventing any tampering with the non-refillable device, which guard comprises a hollow casing having a pluralityv of holes 6 through the top thereof and an annular series of holes 7 through the side walls thereof. This guard is held in position by a vertical pivot-rod 8, which supports-the several parts of the device.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4c the pivot-rod 8 is secured at its inner end by one or more spiders 9, carried by a metal tube 10, permanently secured within the reduced por tion 2 ofthe neck of the bottle.

Communication between'the interior of the bottle and the exterior thereof is controlled by a float-valve 11, which normally closes the outer end or" the tube 10.

In the form shown in Fig. 2 the pivot-rod 8 is supported by arms 9 within the enlarged portion 4 of the neck of the bottle, the ends of the said arms being held between the meeting edges of the upper and lower sections 12 and 13 of the neck of the bottle, which are locked together by a suitable ring 14, permanently secured around the periphery of the enlarged portion 4 over the joint between the said upper and lower sections. In this instance the pivot-rod 8 does not pass entirely through the valve 11.

The means which I have shown for locking the valve closed except when the bottle is in an inverted position is constructed, arranged,

and operated as follows: A laterally-extended post 15is pivoted upon the pivot-rod 8 be- I-tween a shoulder 16, formed by enlarging the rod, and a shoulder 17, formed by a sleeve permanently secured on the rod.

An L- shaped lever is pivoted at the end of one of its arms 18 upon a pintle 19, carried by the free end of the post 15. The other arm 20 of the L-shaped lever projects outwardly from the arm lbat a point upon the other side of the pivot-bar 8'from the point where the arm 18 is hinged to the said post 15, which outwardly-projecting arm is weighted, as shown at 21. The inwardly-extended arm 22 of the valve-engaging lever is hinged at 23 at the junction of the arms 18 and 20 of the L- shaped lever and the laterally-extended arm of the valve-controlling lever is extended to a point beneath the free end of the post-'15. A locking-dog is hinged on thepintle 19 of the post 15, which dog is arranged to swing against the outer face of the lateral arin24.

of the valve-engaging lever when the-bottle is in or adjacent to a vertical position. This dog will thus hold the valve closed and prevent its being jumped away from its seat by a violent movement of the bottle when in its vertical position. The rocking movement of the dog 25 is limited by means of a pin 26, which engages the post 15 when the bottle is inverted.

When the bottle is in a substantially horizontal position, the weighted arm 20 of the L-shaped lever will still hold the valve closed, because of the fact that the weight 21 is located at a point tending to swing the arm 18 of the L-shaped lever inwardly beyond its center.

The laterally-extended arm 2& of the valveengaging lever will therefore be pressed by the weighted arm 20 of the L-shaped lever against the back of the valve ll when the bottle is in its substantially horizontal position.

When the bottle is in an inverted position as, for instance, that shown in Fig. 4--t-l1e L- shaped lever will be swung away from the valve, thereby carrying the valve-retaining lever with it, and thus permitting the valve to fall away from its seat.

The weighted arm 20 of the L-shaped lever is suflicient to hold the post 15 in a vertical position with respect to the pivot-rod 8 when.- ever the bottle is in other than a vertical position.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passage-way for opening communication between the interior of the neck and the interior of the body of the bottle, of a pivot-rod, a valve having a sliding engagement therewith for closing the said passage-way, means for holding the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position and means forautomatically locking the valve closed when the bottle is in a substantially vertical position.

2. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passage-way for opening communication between the interior of the neck and the interior of the body of the bottle, of a pivot-rod, a laterally-extended post pivoted thereon, a valve having a sliding engagement with the rod for closing the said passage-way, a gravity-controlled device hinged to said post for holding the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position and aswinginglocking-dog hinged to said post for locking the valve closed when the bottle is in a substantially vertical position.

3. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passageway for opening communication between the interior of the neck and the interior of the body of the bottle, of a pivot-rod, a valve having a sliding engagement therewith 'fOl'ClOSlllg the said passage-way, a laterallyextended post pivoted on the rod, a weighted lever hinged to said post and a valveengaging lever hinged to said weighted lever for holding the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position.

at The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passage-way for opening communication between the interior of the neck and the interior of the body of the bottle, of a pivot-rod, a valve having a sliding engagement therewith for closing said passage-way, a laterally-extended post pivoted on the said rod, a weighted lever hinged to said post, a valve-engaging lever hinged to said weighted lever, in position to hold the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position and a gravity-controlled locking-dog .hinged to said post for locking the valve closed when the bottle is in a substantially vertical position.

5. The combination with abottle having a neck comprising two reduced portions and an intermediate enlarged portion, of a non-refillable device therefor comprising a pivotrod, means for supporting it within the neck of the bottle, a guard carried thereby adjacent to the mouth of the bottle, a valve having a sliding engagement with the rod for closing communication between the interior of the bottle and the exterior thereof and a gravity-controlled device carried by the rod for holding the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 10th day of September, 1002.

JAMES R. LATIIAM.

\Vi tnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY, Jr. 

